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Home My WebLink About1990-11-26 91-23 ORDERW�11-26.90 Dam Item No. 91-23 Order, AppmprJurr p of $9,300 fmm ilea fledit Reeve Axevmt Item/Subject: for an AHitrtlal. Bre W tte M. i :spa PeuW Responsible Department: �4mcp The BB o6H41§eaWPast vonlh, it 4ae bemae �Iy class that the M. Hb Bus van base rot been able W nBvrcain its a:leduled half-hour service. CQmrally, a acvi has been p¢wided ml 45 mlmRe W a onc-lcor basis. 9hta 1rre1 laf urguedict- abllity taut Caused crnrern arrtag tle staff aM Bs: ridership. On tan s gpags W ocresim�s, staff ani Bore rulers have ®t with the Bmicipal OPet'atioms Cmmfttea W discuss alternatives W alleviate this problan. shwa apprciacteut nese evaluated at lmgthr miry W pernarelt hi sly cervi®, elimtrutLg a portial Of tla tun or actrinq a s i bete W the mm. Aft¢ much ccecr ratfm by 1:1e (7aadttes end dnput fr® the public, the Bmicipal Qaara ares Cnimittee votsl unanivouely W ads a sato i bere W tie W. ikpe meta for the reoafttgr of the yea. As fivefe for the higlBr.eviw lapel Mete int; included fn the 1990-91 bttlget, specific autlr¢ivation,W elgaoprista funis fa necrosety. It 58 tavmmded that ffistle W utilis%rl team the C t A sive Ta^wnt (fr® the Elatxic haus paymarrta) W offset this Mpnr at loved Managers Commands; - Cily Mmwga, Associated Information: Order, Report, Route Map,, Survey, Budget Approval: Pmntt Oimegor Legal App ro va l:W'vldliqtr.4 +h.C.�l3,Q/NWVV *Adm"' �1a• . YL{ rg'.a:�0 aa�r..G: $. citlrs�d:,;r,,, Introduced For Passage Pop—of— ❑ First Reading El Referral ' 4/. t Aeeirm to Councilor S e 8 s f i i oN,v CITY OF BANGOR (DTL6) @rUry ....,_ Authorizing the withdrawal of $9,300 from the ..._... I - ........... Credit Reserve Pond and the Transfer of these Funds to the _TamRo rM eaymll Accovntr 11-11-01-02, The. Bus ,,,,,I BY tM City Coy+uit Of dw 0@v Of Bmmor: ORDERED, THAT WHEREAS, provision for a Credit Reserve Account is authorised under 30-A M.R.S.A. 5.5801(3) to provide 'a reserve which may be applied inperiods of financial emergency to assist in continuing [the municipality's] normal operation without increasing the tax rate'; and WHEREAS, the City Council, by adoption of this Order, determines it necessary for an additional bus to be provided on the Mt. Hope - Route through June 30, 1990; and WHEREAS, the City Council, municipal legislative body of the City of Bangor, determines that such situation constitutes a financial emergency within the meaning of 30-A M.R.S.A. 5.5801(3)(B), NOW, THEREFORE, by the City Council of the City of Bangor, be it ORDERED, THAT the City Manager is authorised to withdraw $9,300 fzum the Credit Reserve Account and to transfer those funds to the Temporary Payroll Account, (11-11-01-02), The Bus, for the purpose of providing an additional bus on the Mt. Hope Route through June 30, 1990. 91-23 Aoip,edtof. aol Sail, November 26, 1990 CITY OF BANGOR (TME) (DrUCf............ ... _.. 3mtMriain3' the App=p'fat of-S9-,300-fim tM1g tYglit I+eeerve FuM antl the 9Tmmfer of Theee Pestle to the 1lmOporary Payroll A¢amt, 11-11-01-02, T Bus By CUy Coyaoil of Wa CEy of Na -. TEAT i City Hena9er ! aaWrl .to appropriate $9,300 f tl Credit Ibeasve A wnt and to tTa fe tFcee funs to the '16�grvary Payroll I t, (11-31-01-02), T11e Bu for the paprae of providing an etldiT.fmiel Ws on tta tot. Hope carte through Skye 30, 1990. 91-23 ORDER Title, IN CITY COUNCIL November 26,1990 Agtfiarinng Na„,apPF.UPF.lAtfoa PE. AP, 300 Amended by Substitution and from the Credit Reserve Fund and the Transfer of These Passed. Funds to the Temporary Payroll Account, 11-11-01-02, The 0*40 CITY CLEBKj(.�%*1 Aerie to / -Councilman UOMFIG -+FF , = t STREET INDEX xc. &NOOR TO, IF =mow IF i[ = I^ce [ a"l14 TO, S. v 11 F4,OO, 0 ��N 9123 So: M ipal operations �ttes From: ibbert W. Farrar, 01 Y r of A etratim Re: Mt. Hb ean - 1 we rete: Mavmber 14, 1990 At the M ipvl Op = C ttes xeetbry m October 24, 1990, a diSC Sa PHa held COSICeC113IIJ the nj to a nate opti . airing to tbe M. Ho(e Fus service xlviale. (Please refer to attacheh niemvm�dnn dated 2 -tuber 24th). Essentially, a problem has developed whereby T Bus c t c lete ire assigred rm in t e assige i half-hour time period. After befog presm:ted with several Possible optima, arca listening to the ccns of the riders � users of that bus route, the C ttse ash that stat£ furUer evaluate the optima a present a raveenrlathm at this meeting. Ou the Past two weeks, staff has ,.w.+mea a ridersiup survey (144 responses) a:tl has taker! fuRher with kay a Icy4ers/seers in that area. The results of these efforts have been positively recetved but are amsaahat unclear. Tire 1Ls dam^ serve as a vital transpatlm lino in the M. Mol area and any change in schePo+la would ivpact those Wh:g the service. lk»snar, it app sxa that the rhdersh£p was fairly evenly divided bib an 30 m to service with m service to mter Mt. lbpe Aveme (488) and hourly with service to inter M. R.' Avenue (438). (The attacted surrey prw£des adaitimali:vomatim). Tsai upon the r is ofthe survey arca cvarall hn sh gaUered fern di.scwsim heli, it world appass that the optfm that creates the least d£fffmlty would be cern g from half hmr to hourly service arch mtai the inter Mr. Hope Avaee portico of the run. Ore p ssfble drawback to Uva cptim ray be a dp in ridership m the mute. 4his nears less farebox me of the tw nrat p p laz bus xure. Staff estimates that up to 305 of the rhdership nay chose to shop using the service, although we feel that this is a high fig . 1b c t this m ipatei problem, we would furtMr pmiree that half hmr service m the run be am to 9:15 am aM 4:15 pn to 5:45 W. sera option allahs the cuaerc mute to k» „„:.,.a:aad aml Ue Provision of half hour service for 4 1/2 Hours per day; hoisly service wild be pmvidea 7 Mors .per day. ALtMwgh atafE corcludad that adding a semrcl bus to tte run world be the test option to resolve Ue exSSUrg ar.IrrWlin9 prrblma, the cwt Smolved dtd rot male this optim tM :cost feasible. We do believe that the selxrad appmsch minim£zes leprae m the users, awids adiitimal cost, arca on to provide a m oneblY high quattty serviw w iMse m the Mt. Mope xun.m. I /jdr F lwure 91-23 Tb: nauciPal Operations Dmaittee Fors: Bob Farrar, Director of �tion Re: M. Hcge Ave .. Foufe - uln aus ante: Dctober 241 1990 As you are armor, The are mom its base of operation from the State Stint Shelter to the Pfchmrinq Squares Parking Cerage on Cctcber 8r 1990. In genEral tears, the transition has been ®doth and throe appears to be only one issue of major cencmn: the timing/schedule of the l2. FW Routes. Prior to the move, tin aa. type run xepdrel a full 30 to 40 minutes even though it res a schdulei 30 mtmme run. During had weatherr high pesaenges traffic days or durbug heavy traffic, the timing would slip Enather. The move to Picl ing Square Garage has further cmpxuded that pxobleu to the point that it v now appropriate and necess M mYhrnas that sohahule. More often than not, by the and of the 9:30 a.m. mute, we are beM1iM scF L e aM mntbme to l growd thucvgwt the remuuAar of the d Y. This creates diEficultiess for passmrtpra wishing to mal mnrnetions with other busses as well as raising reliability goestiois with aur p asvugera Auo are plarming on half-hour service. Given that Ute current situation ss unacceptable, there appears to be at ,least tw.m option available Tm deal with this `-laxiallng prckdea: 1. Pdd a Secnd Bus to tie MC. Fore Foul This would he similar m tho current Capehart run. Fetter service wanld to lmvvidei aM ha1E-Mur service wxuld he m,+m be TM.xe ate too cost s with of $ approach. First, there would to an estimated ret cost To Bangor of 516,000 per year ror ney n ^ro=py $9,300 fon the rams Eusr of this fiscal year. That wtrey ib not available H the present tors fidget. TM er of pare bs with adding op therfxan ors to the r+m is that the comber of spare us s would e p f two in one. We do not fes/. that ore sure bus is adequate for backup purlvsea. 2. 31we fr® 1/2 Hour to Etur Smvfce. OlearlY with this option, we could wLntain the listed scheL a and perhaps even slightly M and the route. A disadvantage is that this then beams the only Bangor route on hourly service, canting certain transfer Problems. adiitfomilY, Ureas is a passibility that with hour service the ridership d would emceed the ca xY capacity on the bus. Finally, riders and those est blfsMents van depsnd on or aelriae half -hors service, wtuld be forced to accept hourly seraira. vv,:< is mxPortant given thatper+, mM=ty 25% of all transfers wish to go to the h . 'M a infect of this cpti would irnolve appa.odmately 350 m 500 riders on the M. tope route. 3. Reroute the ass. By establishing a new route, the Fors could omtinme to serve the vast majority of its ridership with edsting half-hour service. The cbvfcus drmtack is that a Portion of the route tod served by tM EUS (Outer ad of M. ioye Avame sad 91-23 -2- Hogan Peed from M. Hb to the intersection of Ba px gall. Hmlevazd) would rot he serval. 'Hmis creates difficulty for riders from H arm Fasvm w;.e Technical college, the two primary stop3 on that poxUon of the rw. (bmevar, sa® of that ridership could he serval by the Old Tbwn, leazie, promo run arm the new Esstemm a+a sport tion eus atm. the irp t of t option wind involve app�y 30-40 riders. It = clear that what4wet option is salnctai, trero will to an imram on existing rlo ani time esCaWishmentsAusiressee/residential arms sexv d by t Bus. AfT carefully wighin9 the benefits and limitations of each option, it is our belief that Loom an overall persps of cont=iW to provide tare sane level of service to as very riders as passible that option S3 (revn g the Hou) muumizas that hwg . We feel strongly that should this option to seleetvd arm implemaRed, that we should closely manit the situation and he preparai to adh the ism,= again as part of the 1991-92 budget review pm g i.e. mmfanr aplssopriating fulls for the inclusion Of a wend bus on time mate. As an alterrmtive to selocting an option at this IIceti ,the CormW.ttee may wish staff to mamerTalre a quick survey of tte ridership to �i mdais which of tare too optioro (42 or 43) weld be least cbj�. Hxxwer, it is critical that a d cisian he mode by at least the next meeting so that we may coca Tire a tL srtrrLnle problem. We are �ieicing rider ccnplainta conc-amdag cur bmbility to maintain the paY¢d style. S a 111 ems sue lm=, Bob 1Yansportatlw Planrer, and I will be pmesemt to furt discuss this issue with you at today's mwtiml. 16pefully, this inf=atiom will serve as helpful lreckgmam for Ne discussion. ] /j 91-23 MOUNT HOPE ROUTE REVENUE PROd ECTIONS UNDER DIFFERENT CONDITIONS The Mount Hope Route currently brings i about s47,071 i e farebox r Thisaccounts unts f about one third of the $151,000 Infafebox thatall the Bangor routes net together. Caution must be used before changes in route o schedule are implemented because the farebox revenue tiuitl * fall significantly. Discontinuation of the portio of the route near the ntery ectio of Mount Hope and Hogan is estimated to directly impact 13 to 15 percent of ent ridership. If thos riderswere lost this would translate into a $6,300 to t-,,300 loss of . rebore r Reduction to hourly service would (ac ordil eng to "Patronage Impacts o Chanoes in Transit s Fares and S n UMTA acn Publication) translates into SO percent reductio in service e and would r Solt in a22.F to 35.5 loss of revenue. (When the Old Town route cut back to hourly service they lost about " percent of their ridership.i In other words the City would stand to louse $10,590 to $16,710 in rebox reThe reduction Of mileage that e hourly s u29,3C,0yield would be 25�0 TkIleS Or about S8,000 In expense. Thus the net effect would be a $2.590 to $6,700 in shortfall. It is the transit planner's opinion that neither option is viable. The numbers point back to the option of the additional bus on the Mount Hope Route as the best option. The best option far the transit system is to spend the additional 510 00U for the second bus rather than reduce to hourly service and spend additional monies for less service. 91-23 finiNG HyF'E Ri _'nD RV -Y iURV,-'f - _i d,.eparea arie ride survey - aim ato rider unt propos cctlons (eilminate portion o onto o beut to v 3n m nute ' Vresewe r c _ e to hourlyi ander r behavior patterns w ought. Moun ay WIS aHoe bus on thena pnon u+ ihlaedayg,ernm.moerv6 anddCthe nexet morning, Friday,n[bvemder 9. The survey asked five questions 1. Where did you hoard? 2. From which (ii v) bus did you tranaier? 3. where w4ii you milt? 4,3 ch actio convenient for vilur' an RnaC discontinue s rvn a.icen rMount F p g intersection but run 30 minute service. . Fre V .� ntact butr nhourly bs E. ]n ethe busto go to destinations Vn tileMount Hope/Hogan Road fnte.'-section areah hits ^Lr -he Vroy Was completed by 144 Pas s during the icy period. Tne maJority a the v e w _ etelf ed o - articuaa iyinterested in'theresults oe questions 5 and 4: e 5 abov, ideniifi s the rider who a the b ogorn to the o (Mount Hope/Hagan Road intersection) 04 the route tract o V s under discussion for elimination. Thirty-two percent responded that they utilize this service and 6c percent do not. estion 4 asks which service option would be most corveilient 3ciminute s o with n e to outer Mounty Haps hourly service n theen9 route. FourtY eightcr percent Selected he!+ hourservice and 43 percent selected hourlys 'vice but 2 percentop-e! either not answer the question Or suggested another solution. Som interesting results are gained by combining questions' 4an d5. m enty-e a persons in guestlon 4 indicated that hail hour s athe most c option. Eighty-Hou,,service d these did n use the bus to 90 to the Mount flepe/Hogan Road intersection area (as might be expected). However another 14 percent did go to the Mount 91-23 Hope/Hogan Road inter -section area on the bus but still ended 30 minute Sixty-two persons In question 4 indicated that service- servicewas the more option 'or them. urty-eight percent of these dconvenient d use bus to _o to the subject area but another 40 percent did not use the bus to go to the Mount Hope/Hagan good area and still intllcatetl that hourly service was the better choice. Use service near Ht. dope/Hagan? The survey also SoUght to ibentify differences between tr s r passengers and non -transfer e passengrs Fif•.y-six passengers transfe Btl and Of those 57 percent prveferretl half hour s rvicer 37.5 percent peri errvetlhaurly and 5.5 percent chose neither response. Eighty - e eight passengers did nottransfer and of these 42 percent chose half hour service, c , 46.6 percent Chose houriy sahvice and the remaining 11.3 percent eneither response. Transfer. y N Prefer half hour service y 38 N hourly service 21 41 N neither option 1 2 s o A .refer half hour service 10 bU 1 Prefer hourly service 30 30 i Chose neither response 5 7 The survey also SoUght to ibentify differences between tr s r passengers and non -transfer e passengrs Fif•.y-six passengers transfe Btl and Of those 57 percent prveferretl half hour s rvicer 37.5 percent peri errvetlhaurly and 5.5 percent chose neither response. Eighty - e eight passengers did nottransfer and of these 42 percent chose half hour service, c , 46.6 percent Chose houriy sahvice and the remaining 11.3 percent eneither response. Transfer. y N Prefer half hour service 32 38 ?refer hourly service 21 41 Chose neither option 1 2